The St. Louis Cardinals held out for a while, but ended up trading Brendan Donovan to the Seattle Mariners on Monday in a three-team blockbuster swap including the Tampa Bay Rays.
The Rule 5 draft, held annually at the winter meetings in December, never garners much fanfare, but it has been known to yield some noteworthy transactions.
America's favorite pastime has more memorable performances than any sport. As such, figuring out which pitchers had the best seasons ever is no easy task.
The Seattle Mariners had been looking for another bat in the lineup, with president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto hinting that a trade was in the works. That deal came together on Monday.
The St. Louis Cardinals have opted to rebuild their roster over the past year. Rebuilding is one of the more difficult moves to pull off in baseball because the team has to commit to the future while it's largely unknown.
The St. Louis Cardinals have been rebuilding as aggressively as any team in the league this offseason, but they kicked this rebuild off a year ago. Last free agency, the Cardinals opted against adding any big name free agents.
The St. Louis Cardinals are clearly building towards the future. St. Louis has done a good job flipping veterans for pitching this offseason and the club will enter the 2026 season with a very young roster in hand.
We finally have solid details of how the St. Louis Cardinals plan to make their games available for streaming for the upcoming season. The team says that Major League Baseball will produce and distribute all in-market St.
The St. Louis Cardinals are in the middle of a huge rebuild which has already seen six big trades over the last calendar year. They're headed in the right direction, though it could result in them finishing in last place in the National League Central this year.
The St. Louis Cardinals have been active this offseason, but for different reasons than usual. Instead of adding talent, they've been subtractinig it, and they sent Nolan Arenado, Sonny Gray and Willson Contreras out the door as part of their rebuild.
With Chaim Bloom taking over as president of baseball operations, the St. Louis Cardinals have been having a fire sale. Most of their trades have come with the Boston Red Sox.
The Cardinals have more firmly committed to a retool than they did last offseason. They treated last season primarily as an evaluation year but weren’t as aggressive in selling off veteran pieces as they’ve been this winter.
The St. Louis Cardinals got good news on Wednesday when it was announced that future Hall of Fame catcher Yadier Molina would be returning to the organization as a special assistant to president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom.